How to Close One Tab in Chrome With Keyboard
What if you could navigate Google Chrome at lightning speed? Well, it turns out you can. By learning a few simple keyboard shortcuts, you can speed up your prospecting research, gain valuable insights about your leads faster, and really build out that pipeline. The key is to not waste time learning all of them because you likely won't use them all on a daily basis. But it's worth memorizing shortcuts for the Google Chrome tasks you perform every day. The best part? They only take two minutes to learn. Try them out as you read along. To open a new tab, hold Command and press T. For PC, hold Ctrl and press T. Never click that stupid little "x" to close tabs again. Instead, save time by holding Command and pressing W. For PC, hold Ctrl and press W. I hate when I close a tab, then realize crap, I still needed that info. I just hold Command and Shift, then press T to quickly recover it. For PC, hold Ctrl and Shift, then press T. Instead of dragging my mouse to the top of the browser to click another tab, I rapidly move to the next tab by holding Command and Option, then pressing the right arrow key. For PC, hold Ctrl and press tab. Likewise, I can switch to the previous tab by holding Command and Option, then press the left arrow key. For PC, hold Ctrl and press 9. If I need to jump to a specific tab, I hold Command and select the appropriate number. For example, if I need to jump to the seventh tab open, I hold Command and press 7. If I need to jump back to the second tab open, I hold Command and press 2. For PC, it's the same action, just hold Ctrl instead of Command. If I'm reading an article that has an intriguing hyperlink in it, I open it in a new tab by holding Command and clicking the link. Try it out here. Similarly, if I want to open a link in a new window, I hold Shift and click the link. Try it out here. I hate dragging my mouse to the search bar to type in a URL or Google something. Rather, I hold Command and press L to jump my cursor to the search bar. If I totally screw up a URL or Google search, I'll quickly start it over by holding Command pressing delete. For PC, hold Ctrl and press Backspace. To highlight the next word in a search, I hold Shift and Option, then press the right arrow key. For PC, hold Ctrl and press the right arrow key. I use this to quickly highlight a word if I need to delete it. To highlight the previous word, hold Shift and option, then press the left arrow key. For PC, hold Ctrl and press the left arrow key. Wanna jump back to the previous page? Just press delete. On PC, press Backspace. Wanna go forward? Hold Shift and press delete. On PC, hold shift and press Backspace. Is the page frozen? Hold Command and press R to quickly reload it. On PC, hold Ctrl and press R. Need to find a keyword or phrase on the page? Hold Command and press F. Then simply type what you're looking for. On PC, hold Ctrl and press F. The first keyword isn't correct that appears in the find bar? Press Enter to move to the next search term. On PC, hold Ctrl and press G. To scroll back to the previous keyword, hold Shift and press Enter. On PC, hold Ctrl and press G. Read an awesome article? Or need to bookmark a useful tool? Hold Command and press D. On PC, hold Ctrl and press D. Need to activate an extension (such as HubSpot Sales, an email productivity tool)? Hold Command and press the comma key. There is no keyboard shortcut for this for PC. Downloaded something you quickly need to reference? Hold Command and Shift, then press J. For PC, hold Ctrl and press J. When I have too many tabs open, but I don't want to close them yet, I'll open a new window. To do this, hold Command and press N. On PC, hold Ctrl and press N. No this isn't a keyboard shortcut, but it's just as useful. If I want to focus on only one tab, I'll click the tab and drag it downwards until a new window opens. This helps me focus on only one tab, by removing it from a cluster of too many other tabs. Quickly close the current window by holding Command and Shift, then press W. On PC, hold Ctrl and Shift and press W. To minimize the current window, hold Command and press M. On PC, there isn't a keyboard shortcut for this. To maximize your current window, hold Control and Command, then press F. On PC, press F4. To scroll to the bottom of the page, tap the Space Bar once. To quit Google Chrome, hold Command and press Q. On PC, hold Ctrl and Shift and press Q. To open the last tab in your browser, hold Command and then press the number nine. On PC, hold Ctrl and then press the number nine. If you need to hide Chrome to jump to a different task, hold Command and press H. There is no similar shortcut for this for PC. Want to sign in as a different user with saved settings? Press Command + Shift + M for Mac. For PC, hold Control + Shift + M. Open your data options by pressing Command + Shift + Delete on Mac. On PC, hit Control + Shift + Delete. If the Find Bar is open, you can search for selected text by holding Command + E on Mac. No similar shortcut available for PC. It only takes a few minutes to learn these shortcuts. My logic is if we spend 80% of our time online, isn't it worth investing a few minutes into mastering these? If you ever need a quick reference, consider saving this keyboard shortcut cheat sheet to reference for later. It has the 25 most common keyboard shortcuts for Google Chrome you'll need during your workday. To get the most out of your email apps, check out these guides to Gmail shortcuts and Gmail keyboard shortcuts as well. 
Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts
Goal Shortcut Open a new tab Hold Command and press T Close the current tab Hold Command and press W Reopen last tab closed Hold Command and Shift, then press T View next tab Hold Command and Option, then press the right arrow key View previous tab Hold Command and Option, then press the left arrow key Jump to a specific tab Hold Command and select the appropriate number Open a hyperlink in a new tab Hold Command and click the link Open a link in a new window Hold Shift and click the link Put a cursor in the search bar Hold Command and press L Erase the current search Hold Command and press delete Highlight the next word in search Hold Shift and Option, then press the right arrow key Highlight the last word in a search Hold Shift and Option, then press the left arrow key Go back to the previous page Press delete Go forward to the next page Hold Shift and press delete Reload the current page Hold Command and press R Open the find bar Hold Command and press F Scroll to the next keywords in find bar Press Enter Scroll to previous keywords in the find bar Hold Shift and press Enter Save the current page as a bookmark Hold Command and press D Open the settings page Hold Command and press the Comma key Open the downloads page Hold Command and Shift, then press J Open a new window Hold Command and press N Drag a tab out of your window Click the tab and drag it downwards Close the current window Hold Command and Shift, then press W Minimize the current window Hold Command and press M Maximize the current window Hold Control and Command, then press F Scroll down the web page Tap the Space Bar Quit Google Chrome Hold Command and press Q Jump to the last tab Hold Command and press the number nine Hide Google Chrome Hold Command and press H Log in as a different user Hold Command and press Shift and N Clear browsing data Hold Command and press Shift and Delete Search for selected text Hold Command and press E Open New Tab Shortcut
Close Tab Shortcut
Open Closed Tab
4. View the next tab.
5. View the previous tab.
6. Switch to a specific tab (first eight tabs).
Open Link in New Tab Shortcut
Open Link in New Window
9. Put a cursor in the search bar.
10. Erase the current search.
11. Highlight the next word in search.
12. Highlight the previous word in search.
13. Go back to the previous page.
14. Go forward to the next page.
15. Reload the current page.
16. Open the find bar.
17. Scroll to the next keywords in the find bar.
18. Scroll to the previous keywords in the find bar.
19. Save the current page as a bookmark.
20. Open the settings page.
21. Open the downloads page.
22. Open a new window.
23. Drag a tab out of the strip to open in new window.
Shortcut to Close Window
25. Minimize the current window.
Maximize Window Shortcut
27. Scroll down the web page.
28. Quit Google Chrome.
29. Jump to the last tab.
30. Hide Google Chrome.
31. Log in as a different user
32. Clear browsing data
33. Search for selected text
Originally published Aug 8, 2019 4:38:00 PM, updated June 10 2021
How to Close One Tab in Chrome With Keyboard
Source: https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/chrome-keyboard-shortcuts
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